Ligonier Class: Recovering the Beauty of the Arts

General outline:

Sproul recommended some books (On literature) and movies (on Cinematography).

  • God's beauty
  • Music
  • Literature
  • Images
  • Drama & Cinematography
  • Architecture

Highlights:

Literature: "Reading between the lines: A Christian Guide to Literature" by Gene Edward Veith

Movies:Started with imaginative radio broadcasting. Assassination of JFK & shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald live on television became the turning point for violence on TV ~ Sproul.

Recommended: A Farewell to Arms, Sergeant York, All Quiet on the Western Front, etc.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (novel recommended, in reference to length of church building time)

Architecture: Cruciform church (Narthex/Foyer, Nave, Transept, Chancel)

Nave is coined by Cyprian: "There is no salvation outside of the church". Nave = Noah's ark. => Navy.
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